When my wife and I built our new dream home last fall, we both wanted to have a dedicated HT room (well, me more than her). When I started with the floorplan this was the 1st room I designed, then the rest of the house around it.
We knew we were going to use a projector, so I made sure there were no windows. The room is also on the other side of the house from the bedrooms, and all insulated with the green Roxul stuff. I had an HT company come in and wire up the room and house before the drywall went up.
My parents, parents in law, and most of our friends thought I was nuts to make a room like this. However, now that it's finished (almost), they all want to come over an watch movies and sporting events!
Take a look for yourself, let me know what you think.
Room dimensions are 17.5' x 26' x 9'
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Wow - fantastic room Worfzara! That must be amazing to watch movies in! I love the old film reels and the beautiful fabric on the acoustic panels!
That is one fine looking room! Congrats!
Very nice, Wolf!
When are you inviting us all over to see and hear it in person??
Very very cool! I want my dedicated home theater room so bad, but it's 5-8 years away IF it happens. In the meantime, I'll be at your place.
The panels are just 2x4's frames with insulation in them, I got the material from Fabric Land. The 9 foot ceilings are great for adding risers for the back row, however they it becomes a challenge as it makes the room too live. The panels have helped. It's pretty good for 2 channel listening, the M80's really sound nice and open in there with great bass. It is still a touch too alive for movies, but I am working on it. Although usually when I watch movies there are a buch of people in with me, and that sure helps. Trying to balance an HT room and music room is a fun challenge.
The reels are from my brother-in-law, he is a projectionest and picked them up when they started closing the downtown theaters here in London. I agree, they add a nice cosmetic touch.
At first I hadn't planned on doing any dec. moldings, chair rail, etc. because I was only going to use it for movies, and you ususally watch them in the dark, but the M80's sound so good in just 2 channel stereo, I find myself just going in to listen to music. So in the new year I would like to tastefully "jazz" it up a bit.
If anyone is ever in the London, Ontario area, let me know, you can come over and have a listen / look. The Axiom's just rock in that room!!!
Paul
Inspiring stuff. One more dedicated room to make me look forward to a house (1-2 years from now max)!
Paul,
That's a great room. You are inspiring me to add sound panels to mine.
Very nice room indeed, you did a super job.
Wow!!! Beautiful room! It must be great watching movies in there.
Fantastic work, way to go!!!
Yes, very nice. The tray ceiling is a nice touch too!
very cool. i cant wait to get my project under way. later.
Oh man! That is a killer looking room, Paul! I have a problem with the chairs, though--they look way too comfy! I'd be asleep in no time. My snoring may blend in with the sub. . .
Lovely.
But how do you change the volume and such when the closet doors are closed?
Or is that just a moot point?
The URC remote I have comes with a base that allows me to control up to 6 different components without needing line of sight. I believe it uses RF instead of IR, kind of like Xbox controlers.
http://www.universalremote.com/product_detail.php?model=109That way I can keep the doors closed and control all the functions of the preamp, DVD player, etc.
Buy you are correct, usually once you set the volume at the beginning of the movie, you don't usually touch it again.
This is one the of best things I like about my room. When I am watching a movie, I don't get distracted by the blinking lights from the audio equipment. I just see and hear the movie on a 135" screen and awsome Axiom speakers!!!!
Oh man! That is a killer looking room, Paul! I have a problem with the chairs, though--they look way too comfy! I'd be asleep in no time. My snoring may blend in with the sub. . .
Yes that is a side affect of those chairs, usually the experience is enought to keep you awake, but that depends on the material being shown. Its Hard to fall asleep during Transformsers at elevated volumes, however, my wife once tried to make me watch Pride & Prejudice and I think I made it throught the first 18 minutes, then I was out, dreaming about fast cars, space ships, dinosaurs, and ...
Paul
I still haven't seen Pride and Prejudice, but Sense and Sensibility with Emma Thompson is one of my favorite movies ever. So while I would probably still fall asleep in those chairs, I may not be guaranteed to dream about fast cars, space ships, dinosaurs, and... Paul.
Yes, very nice. The tray ceiling is a nice touch too!
As this room is in the basement, the tray is actually the bulkhead for the cold air return, I told the framers that I didn't want a bulk head on one side of my HT room, he suggested making the bulk head in a U shape all the way around. I am glad he did, I really love the effect.
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Paul
Very nice job and every Star Wars poster ever made, I think too!
Yeah,I admit it, I'm a fan, one of the few that can even tolerate Jar Jar (LOL). The wife is a huge Star Trek fan, (we put her posters outside the HT room). It makes for some interesting conversations during dinners. However, we are both big NASCAR fans, so that works for me.
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Yeah,I admit it, I'm a fan, one of the few that can even tolerate Jar Jar (LOL). p
I bought Star Wars Battlefront the second I saw a demo in the store and realized you could shoot and kill hundreds of the Jar Jar race. Nothing more satisfying than watching those ears fly after tossing a thermal detonator into a pack of those legacy ending creatures.
Now that would be fun, real fun!!!!!
Extremely nice room Paul, I really like the colors and the dropped ceiling....the panels are darn right nifty, they look great!
Sweet room Worfzara! like the comment about fast cars, space ships, dinosaurs. How do you like the ep500.
When the neighbors kids come over to play and I am watching an action movie, they think a thunder storm is coming. My wife keeps telling me she needs to glue all her Royal Daltons to the shelves in our china cabinet. Talk about Shake The Foundation (AC/DC 1986).
Seriously, I have owned and tried a few subs in my life, Mirrage, Velodyne, and even an EP175. I really liked the EP175 and seriously considered getting 2 of them. It had really tight bass and was excellent for music. However, for movies I was pushing it way too hard to get the sound I needed for big dinosaurs walking the earth. So I upgraded within the 30 days to the EP500. One of the things I love about this sub is the DSP chip. I never have to worry about damaging it, ever. And to me that is worth a few bucks. It has awesome depth and does play musically, however with the M80’s I don’t normally use the sub for music. My friend was over last week and he asked me if I had butt shakers in the chairs. That made me feel good, because I don’t, and that’s saying a lot for a single sub in a 4000 cubic foot room. Not a cheap sub but, but I can honestly say that I have not issues with taking it to any High End store in Toronto area and putting it up against any sub they sell. Its’ that good!
What I / we really need is for Axiom to develop an IR units that plugs into the USB port so I can adjust the volume by remote control.
Paul
Worf,
You should be able to adjust the sub channel gain via your receiver.
I think what he's implying is wanting to change the volume of the sub independent of the other speakers. I think that would be easier while watching a movie rather than getting into the receiver menu and bumping up the sub there.
Strictly for calibration purposes, I would love to have a remote controlled sub.
Especially one that would have wheels and automatic sub-crawling features so can just let the sub wander around the house until it finds the best spot!
On a more serious note, I agree with the remote. My old crappy one had that and it was its only redeeming feature: I could shut it up from my seat.
You are correct, I just like to have millions and millions of remote controls (LOL). It would be nice to be able to ballance the sub and the reciever from one location. Not a necessity, just a nice to have.
Paul
speaking of the sub crawl- I basically only have a couple of options for sub placement in my room. I planned on deciding between the two with the good ol' sub crawl when my ep 500 arrived.
unfortunately, one of the positions has been temporarily nixed by my girlfriend. She says that is where she wants the Christmas tree... looks like I will do the crawl after christmas and decide on placement then. As of now I know exactly where my sub is going- the spot she wants it
I believe my Rotel pre amp requires that I get into the menu to adjust the sub level, and since it doesn't have on-screen through components, I have to physically move to the pre amp to view the menu.
Because not all movies are recorded equally (the movie Titanic has huge LFE and needs to be turned down to stop my drywall from cracking) it would be nice to make minor adjustments to the sub during a movie with out having to leave my seat.
Maybe I could record a macro for my URC300 to do this. I'll check that out tonight.
Paul
What Mojo is refering to is that on the Denon's you can adjust each speaker channel gain with out going into the setup screens via the remote. The remote has a button that is dedicated to speaker selection and then to gain control. I didn't know about it till he showed me
. So the Denons can already control the sub volume remotely, while watching a show.
Yet another check mark under the pro's list for the denon. Sweet!!
What jakewash said. I didn't imagine for a second that your remote didn't permit you to change channel levels without entering the config menu.
I will say that although I am not too fond of my Denon's user manual, I absolutely love the remote. When I happened upon this Denon, I didn't even give the remote a second thought. But I couldn't possibly live without it now. I am very hesitant about going to a different brand ever again just because I love the remote so much.
Ok, I managed to program a macro on my URC300 to control the sub main sub level, but it takes 2 buttons to do it, one to activate the config menu and the 2nd to up or down. Much better than it was. But I still want a USB IR addition for the EP500.
Paul
wofzara,
great looking room man.
how does the EP500 sound in that space?
The room is apporx 4000 cubic feet, and it sounds (feels) awsome for movies. I don't really use it much of music. I think the 80's are really good on there own. People think I have butt shakers in the chairs. What really suprises me is how it sounds great in just about every chair, not just one or two. I really see no need for a 2nd sub for movies. I'd live to try a 600 some time.
It would be interesting to get a couple of EP125's or 175's and hook them up to the 80's (right / Left) for music. The smaller dirver's might give a tighter bass. Just to add some suttle lower end. I had a EP175 before the 500, and I really liked it for music. I have been discussing this with Mojo, and we both think we might be on to something.
Paul